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The famous explorer, Christopher Columbus, sailed the ocean from Europe and landed on the "New World" and soon after they established the first permeant settlements, Jamestown. Jamestown is still around today with some of the belongings from the early settlers.
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At first they used Indentured Servants for the labor. Although by 1700 most labor needs were used by forcible importation of Africans.
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The House of Burgesses was the first elected in the New World. It still operates today as the "General Assembly".
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This was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony. This document said that theyu agreed to obey laws created for the general good.
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This Treaty was made after the French and Indian War. England gained land West appalachian and Canada from this Treaty.
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The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from settlering West becuase it costs a lot of money to protect colonists from Indians. England soon after placed troops in the colonies but the colonists said that they controlled them.
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The Stamp Act if a a tax on a legal document. They used the money from the taxes for was debts.
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In this Massacre, only five colonies were killed. The goal of this battle was to arouse anger toward Britain.
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In this, England put restrictions on tea. Colonists boarded tea ships and threw tea into the water in harbour.
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This was a meeting of representatives from all 13 colonies except Georgia. This was imporatant becuase this was the first time all the colonies acted as one.
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This meeting created the Continental Army and George Washington. There was the final peace offer called Olive Branch Petition.
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At this battle, Britsish troops attacked a colonial weapons stockpile. This was the first skirmish and it was in Massachusetts.
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Thomas Jefferson wrote this and it was issued by the Continental congress. The colonies offically sperated from Britain after this.
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The thriteen newly independent states united into one country. They came up with the Articles of Confederation becuase they feared a strong national government.
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french General marquisde Lafayette developed a plan. The ending of the war, Cornwallis surrendered.
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A plan to surveying western lands. This plan was made from the Critical Period.
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This was when they called to settle disputes. Only five states showed uo to this meeting.
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This was the plan for creation and admission of new states. This was after the Land Ordinance of 1785.
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This is debt ridden farmers in MA rebel due to high taxes.
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This was to address problems in governing in the United States. George Washington and James Madison were the key leaders.
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This was when they decided to make a two house national legislative. This was the House of Representatives and Senate.
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The time period which U.S. was under Articles of Confederation. A problem from this time was a huge war debt.
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George Washington was the first president of the United States. He made decisions for the United States in the earlier years and only served two terms.
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This was what set up the court system. From this, there were three departments created including the Department of Treasury, State and War.
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This is the first 10 Admendments of the Constituion. The Bill of Rights was written by James Madison.
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He was the second president of the U.S.. He developed the Aliened and Sedition Acts.
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Indians were forced off their land into smaller and smaller reservations.
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This is the plan for Indians to adopt the American culture.
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THis was the time period when democracy in the U.S. expanded and more people got involved in electoaral process. Also Americans no longer let aristocrats make all decisions, instead the common man.
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He was the seventh president of the U.S. and he lost to Adams in 1824. Although in 1828, Jackson defeated Adams becuase more common men could vote and they liked Jackson.
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This act was issued during Jackson's presidency. It forced all Indians East of Mississippi River and to move to Indian Territory.
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The Alamo is an old mission house. The Texans fortified themselves there and in this battle they fought until the last man died.
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This was lead by Sam Houston and the Texans won Itheir independence from Mexico in this war. It also established the Republic of Texas.
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After the Battle of San Jacinto, the United States annexed Texas. This was during the presidency of John Tyler.
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President James Polk. called for this war. Mexico wouldnt sell the land of Southwest, so this caused the war.
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Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe and he supported the North.
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A slave named Dred Scot sued for freedom.
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Abe Lincoln won this election.
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This act is a law that gave free public land in the West in 160 acre plots.
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This is the first battle of the Civil war. It was held in South Carolina.
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This battle was when Lee went North. Also after this battle, where Lee lost, Lincoln issued the Emanicpation Proclamtion.
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Lee oushed the North into PA. This battle was the turning point of the war.
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This battle was in Mississippi and Grant won it. It also cut the Confederacy in half.
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This was a short speech made by Lincoln. Lincoln wanted one nation not seperate states.
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President Lincoln issued this document. It freed the slaves in the "rebelling states".
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Reconstruction is the restoring of southern states to the union.
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This Amendment abolished slavery.
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General Lee surrendered here. After this, Lee ureged Southners to accept surrender and unite as americans.
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He died shortly after the war and was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
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This put the South under Military occupation.
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The republican, Hayes, won this selection.
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This amendment prohitbited states from denying equal rights for blacks.
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This amendment gave voting rights to African Americans.
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The founder was Uriah Stevens. This was a union group.
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This banned entry of all Chinese people.
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The founder of this was Samuel Gompers. This was a craft union, meaning only skilled workers.
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This was the Knights of Labor protested in Chicago. A bomb went off near police and there was eight strikers convicted.
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The goal of this act was to Americanize the Indians. It broke up reservations and du=ivided them into individual plots.
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This established separte facilites for whites and blacks. The black facilities were inferior.
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This movement was a reform. It used the government to institute reforms to fix problems caused by industrialization.
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This prevented any business structure that restrained trade. Also this outlawed trusts also known as monopolies. It was not successful.
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This was a strike ast the Carnegie Steel plant. Plant manger Henry Ford called the Pinkerton Dectective Agency.
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The founder was Eugene V. Debs and this union consisted of railroad workers. It was an Industrial union.
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This Strike was by Pullman workers and it started a nationwide railroad boycott. The federal government ended it though.
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S.C. said 'separte but equal" did not violate the 14th admendment. It upheld Jim Crow Laws of segregation.
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It creates federal income tax and "progressive tax". The higher incomes pay higher rate.
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The voters elect Senators now and not state legislatures.
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THis Act expandedthe Sherman Anti-Trusts act. It outlawed price-pixing.
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This Act creates federal trade commission and investigates business practices.
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This new law gave woman the right to vote.
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This put a qouta of now many immigrants could came from each country. Allowed more from old immigrsants areas than the new immigrant areas.
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Herbert Hoover was the president of the U.S. He was not well liked by Americans becuase of his unfairness right before the country fell from Depression.
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This was the day when America'a Stock Market crashed. THis crash was the start of the Great Depression in the U.S.
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This depression was mainly caused by the stock market crash. Franklin D. Roosevelt made a program called the "New Deal", which was to help end the Great Depression.
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This was dust storms which happenede in the central West of the U.S. It killed many people. It was becuase of droughts in these lands.
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This was a deal made by Franklin D. Roosevelt. IT was designed to help end the GReat Depression in America.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of the U.S. He founded the New Deal.
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Known as Collateralized loan obligations. This was oen of the programs in the New Deal.
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Known as Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. This was to maintain stability in the U.S.
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This Act Organized union groups.
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This was a war between the Sovet Union and the United States. It never was a phsyical battle war. It was a war that delt with communism.
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This was an alliance for the U.S. and Western European countries. Its main goal was to prevent Soviet unvasion in Western Europe.
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This was an alliance for Soviet Union and East Europe. It had an large millitary forces in Europe.
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Germany was divied into two parts, East and West Germany. East being controlled by Soviet Union and West being controlled by United States.
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This is a massive U.S. financail aid package. Its goal was to prevent the spread of communism.
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The Soviets blockaded West Berlin. SO United States flew in supplies to help Berlin.
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The leader of China was Mao Zedong and this war feared the U.S. even more for the spread of communism.
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This war was between NorthKorea, communist, and South Korea, Democratic. The U.S. helped South Korea with this war.
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He was the 34th U.S. president.
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They were spies for the Soviet Union.
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This was an Soviet Union space piece.
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Francis Gary Powers was shot odwn while spying over the Soviet Union.
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THis was a physical wall to sperate the West and East sides of Berlin. It was to keep the East people inside wall.
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He was the 35th president of United States.
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This was the closet the war got to being a nuclear war.
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He was assinated during his term, by being shot in head.
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This was part of the New Deal.
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The French and Indian War was a war between France and Britain. The British won this battle and it ended with the Treaty of Paris.
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He was the founding father of the U.S.. He wrote the Declartion of Independence.
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This is when a slave is counted as 3/5ths of a person. This is when determining a state's reprsentation in the House of Representatives.
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She was a strong leader for the Womans Suffrage Movewment.
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This set up minimum wages and work hours for he U.S. Also was part of the New Deal.
